Current Students in the PhD Program
Andrew Ashenden
Interests: Medieval/Ancient philosophy, Augustine, Philosophy of Martin Luther, Reformation Christological Debates, Semantics; Other interests: running, lifting, cryptocurrency
Education:
B.A. Concordia University, Philosophy
M.A. Biola University, Christian Apologetics
Jonmarc Bennett
He/Him/His
Interests: Japanese Marxist Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy
Education:
B.A. from California Baptist University
M.A. Loyola Marymount University
Karolyn Burns
They/them/theirs/Mx.
Interests: Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist Thought, Disability Studies
Education:
B.A. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Philosophy
Certificate as Pharmacy Technician, Central Piedmont Community College; Certificate as a Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
Facts: PIKSI Alum and MAP Representative
Marc Choufany
Interests: Epistemology in the analytic tradition, epistemology in German Philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, and Marx), Marxism and Critical Theory, and Philosophy of Mathematics.
Education:
B.S. in Mathematics at the Lebanese University
B.A. in Philosophy at the Lebanese University
M.A. in Philosophy at the American University of Beirut
Alex Dong
She/Her/Hers
Interests: Phenomenology, Existentialism, Theories of Perception, race as a philosophical subject in the context of Asian Experience, Aristotle, ancient Chinese philosophy.
Education:
B.A. University of Oregon
M.A. University of Oregon
Melady Elifritz
She/her or They/them
Interests: Social/Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Phenomenology Topics: economies of power, blame, social responsibility, pregnancy and birth
Education:
B.A. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Philosophy and Gender & Women’s Studies
Elizabeth Flamm
She/her/hers
Interests: Interested in the intersection of social questions of responsibility and political ethics, with individual responsibilities, concepts of subjectivity, and epistemic virtues, especially when considered alongside questions and ideas of moral psychology.
Education: B.A. University of Maryland, College Park Political Science, M.A. Marquette University, Social and Applied Philosophy
Other: Alumni of the Marquette Trinity Fellowship Program (2017)

Matthew Friesner
He/him
Interests: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics
Education:
B.A. Creighton University, Psychology
M.A. University of Bonn, Theology and Ecumenical Studies
Trevor Gullion
Interests: Pragmatism, Marx/Engels, Philosophy of Science, solidarity, political economy, democracy, the State
Education:
B.A. San Jose State University, Philosophy
M.A. San Jose State University, Philosophy
Ian Hosbach
They/Them
Interests: 20th Century Continental, Social and Political, Post-structuralism, Phenomenology, Affect Theory, Queer Theory, Marxism
Education:
B.A. in Philosophy from Appalachian State University
B.S. in Anthropology from Appalachian State University
M.A. in Ethics and Applied Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Sterling Knox
Interests: Agency, Responsibility, Decolonial, Philosophy of Culture. Currently working for MISKWAAGAMIIWI – ZAAGAIGANING (Red lake Nation) for Ombimindwaa Gidinawemaaganinaadog as Recidivism Reduction Coordinator in partnership with the BIA’s DIVISION OF DIVERSION AND RE-ENTRY.
Education:
Bemidji State University
Nicholas Korchowsky
Interests: Ethics, Moral Psychology, Subjectivity/Personhood, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics
Education:
B.A. Eastern University near Philadelphia, Philosophy
M.A. Marquette University, Philosophy
Seth Kreeger
He/him/his
Interests: Medieval philosophy, Aquinas, Neoplatonism, pseudo-Dionysius, Arabic Philosophy, Avicenna
Education:
Associate, Grand Rapids Community College
B.A. Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI
M.A. the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, CA.

Emily Lange
She/her/hers
Interests: Social and Critical Epistemology, Philosophy and Literature, Critical Race and Critical Whiteness Studies, Disability Theory, Philosophy Pedagogy.
Education:
B.A. Elon University
M.A. Miami University of Ohio
Kevin P. McKevitt
He/him/his
Interests: Metaethics, Ethics, Ethics of Belief, Moral Theology, Ethics and Kierkegaard. Also, Philosophy of Action, 19th and 20th century existential thought in Sartre, Jaspers, and Kierkegaard
Education:
M.A. California State University - San Jose
Website: Kevin McKevitt
Rachel McNealis
She/her/hers
Interests: Feminist philosophy, philosophy of sex and love, decolonial philosophy
Education:
B.A. of Philosophy Miami University
M.A. of Philosophy Miami University
Mehrzad A. Moin
He/him/his
Interests: 19th and 20th Century German Philosophy; Continental Philosophy (Historical and Contemporary); Ethics; Philosophy of Death and Dying.
Education:
B.A. in Philosophy from Oklahoma State University
M.A. in Philosophy from Marquette University
Website: Mehrzad A. Moin
Patrick Monogue
He/Him/His
Interests: Social Ontology, Decolonial Theory, Epistemic Justice, Meaning-Making, Embodied Cognition
Education: B.A. Vassar College, Philosophy and Anthropology
Jeremiah Noonan
Interests: History of Philosophy and Science, Classics/Ancient Greek Philosophy
Education:
B.A. Seattle University, Philosophy, History
M.A. Duquesne University, Philosophy
Rory O'Donnell
Interests: Plato, Neoplatonism, Metaphysics, Aquinas
Education:
B.A. Christendom College, Philosophy and Theology
M.A. Loyola Marymount University, Philosophy
Joshua Paruch
He/Him/His
Interests: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Film and Literature
Education:
B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy
M.A. Duquesne University, Philosophy
Amanda Pinto
They/Them/Theirs or She/Her/Hers
Interests: Social political philosophy, phenomenology, feminist theory, Latina/x feminist phenomenology, queer theory, philosophy of race
Education:
B.A. Philosophy, Appalachian State University
B.A. Psychology, Appalachian State University
M.A. Ethics and Applied Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Mariamni Plested
She/her
Interests: Phenomenology, philosophy of pregnancy and birth, philosophy of the body, philosophy of health, Byzantine philosophy
Education:
M.A. University of Oxford, Theology
Oxford Brookes University, Midwifery
Paul-Herve Quesnel
Interests: Ancient Philosophy, Early to High Medieval philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophical Psychology, Epistemology, Philosophy of Education, Plato, Aristotle, Neoplatonism, and Aquinas.
Education:
B.A. The Catholic University of America, Philosophy
Bob Riordan
Interests: My philosophical interests include existentialism, philosophy of mind, and ethics. My personal interests include mountain biking, alpine skiing, kayaking, and backpacking
Education:
B.A. Saint Olaf College
M.A. University of Chicago
Cameron Roman
He/him/his
Interests: Social and Political Thought, Phenomenology, Native American Philosophy, Feminist Theory. Additional Info: Proud PIKSI alum, MAP Representative, Part-time Scholar, Full-time Indigenous
Education:
B.A. American University, Philosophy
M.A. American University, Philosophy and Social Policy
Philip Sutherland, S.J.
He/him/his
Interests: Ancient philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Consciousness
Education:
B.A. Gonzaga University, Chemistry and Religious Studies
M.A. Loyola University Chicago, Philosophy
Boston College, Licentiate in Sacred Theology and Master of Divinity

Mehran Torabi
Interests: Ancient metaphysics and epistemology, Plato, Neoplatonism, Greek philosophy in the Middle East during the Late antiquity and Early Medieval period, School of Baghdad (9th-12th century).
Education:
B.A. Univeristy of Colorado Colorado Springs
M.A. Boston College

Dustin Trampe
He/him/his
Philosophical Interests: Metaethics, Collective Responsibility, Phenomenology, Kant
Less philosophical interests: spending time with my family, running, learning about history, playing guitar.
Education:
M.A. Marquette University, Theology
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Philosophy
Domonique Turnipseed
He/him/his
Interests: Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, History of Metaphysics; History of Race and Religion
Education:
B.A. Columbia International University, Humanities
M.A. Columbia International University, Theological Studies
M.A. Biola University , Theological Studies
M.A. Biola University, Philosophy
Website: Domonique Turnipseed
Fun fact:: I spent 6 years living in California and I still don't like avocados
Shaila Wadhwani-Greenhalgh
She/her
Interests: Post and Decolonial Philosophy, Critical Theory, Continental Philosophy, Marxism and Environmental Philosophy
Education:
B.A. University of San Francisco
MA: SUNY Stony Brook
Website: Shaila Wadhwani-Greenhalgh
John Westbrook
Interests: Wittgenstein, Ancient Philosophy, Christian Metaphysics, Ethics, History of Philosophy, the boundaries between philosophy and other academic disciplines particularly history, economics, and psychology.
Education:
A.A. West Hills Community College, Social Science,
A.G.S. Columbia College of Missouri
B.S. University of Nebraska – Kearney: Business Administration, minors in Economics, Philosophy
B.A. Columbia College of Missouri, History, minor in Psychology
M.A. Marquette University, Philosophy
Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio
She/her
Associate Director of the Education Preparedness Program
Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race and Racism
Education: B.A. Skidmore College, Government-Philosophy
E.R. Meeks
She/her
Interests: Forgiveness, Suffering, Moral Philosophy, and Applied Ethics.
Education:
B. A. Western Carolina University, Philosophy and Religion
M.Phil. Trinity College Dublin, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
Not pictured:
Bentley Kennedy-Stone, Kiesha Martin, and Robert Powers